Assassin’s Creed is going Greek with its latest
adventure, so expect to see Socrates popping up
as well as thrilling combat scenarios.videogames
Preview066 | w w w. s c i fi n ow.co.u kto experience – and Socrates to say hello to- your decisions can open and close entire
quest lines. Brand-new dialogue options
means that not only do your decisions
matter but, in another first for an AC game,
you can even romance characters regardless
of your gender.
spear pressure
And then there’s the not-so-small matter
of the lack of a hidden blade. Instead of
the iconic wrist-worn murder gauntlet,
Kassandra and Alexios are descendants of
King Leonidas and thus carry his Broken
Spear. This isn’t just a dusty family treasure.
It hands over superhuman abilities like a
deliciously satisfying 300 -flavoured spartan
kick, a self heal skill, and a skull-cracking
shield break move.
Throw in 150 vs 150 conquest battles, and
the return of naval combat to the franchise
with a Greek trireme armed with flaming
arrows, and Assassin’s Creed Odyssey is
shaping up nicely. If nicely means another
100 hour time sink. Or do we mean synch...?overkill’s The
Walking deadPlAtformS: PS4, Xbox One, PC
DeveloPer: Starbreeze
releASe DAte: 6 NovemberWith more games, TV shows and graphic
novels than you can shake a disembodied
arm at, Robert Kirkman’s undead
apocalypse-fest is as relentless as its bitey
infection. While we’ve seen The Walking
Dead in game form before from narrative
decision masters Telltale Games, Overkill’s
The Walking Dead is more about deciding
which approaching zombie to put a bullet in
first than who gets the life saving medication
and who doesn’t. This four player first person
shooter is in ‘shared universe’ territory,
handing over a new set of survivors in
Washington who clearly have way more
ammunition than Rick and co.
Overkill, the studio behind the Payday
series, has serious form when it comes to
co-op shooters, meaning that we’re in safe,“if you
ThoughT
fallouT 4
Was big,
fallouT 76 is
four Times
bigger”
Conserve your ammo
in the Walking Dead.if bloodied, hands. Working together with
your teammates is key and communication
will be vital if you plan on getting away from
the Romero-style hordes, whether in a hail
of bullets or taking the stealth option. And,
of course, zombies aren’t the only problem.
Warring human factions are as bad as the
brain-hungry horde and if you want essential
survival supplies and bullets, you’re going
to have to take everyone down, pulse or not.
Yep, so far, so Walk ing Dead.fallouT 76
PlAtformS: PS4, Xbox One, PC
DeveloPer: Bethesda
releASe DAte: 14 NovemberIf you’d run out of excuses to don your
PipBoy and return to the wasteland of
Fallout 4, it’s time to raise a Nuka Cola in
celebration. It’s important to note that Fallout
76 isn’t your traditional single player post-
apocalypse RPG like previous titles in the
series. Instead, this is an online multiplayer
survival experience more like DayZ or Rust
where you’ll be scrounging to survive in the
wasteland amongst other players. Thankfully
though, Fallout 76’s sprawling map will
feature far fewer real people who want to kill
you and steal your stuff. The post apocalypse
needs to feel relatively lonely after all.
Even when you do eventually stumble on
another player who will inevitably murder
you, your progress in the game won’t be
lost. While Bethesda has promised that you
can survive on your own, teaming up with
friends will be the best way to take on this
harsh world of mutants and death. Just like
Fallout 4, you can build settlements for you
and your fellow survivors to return to after
a long day of exploring Virginia. And if
you thought Fallout 4 was big, Fallout 76 is
four times bigger so it definitely sounds like